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Silueta porteña · Francisco Canaro · 1936

Francisco CanaroRoberto MaidamilongaOdeon
Music by Nicolás Luis Cuccaro, Juan Ventura Cuccaro. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1936–1970.

Who recorded it

Every version6

Earliest we hold: Juan D'Arienzo, 1936

  1. Juan D'ArienzoWalter Cabral1936
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseMiguel Montero · Jorge Maciel1956
  3. Francisco CanaroRoberto Maida1936
  4. Héctor VarelaArgentino Ledesma1956
  5. Donato Racciatti1970
  6. Héctor D'EspositoAlberto Carriego · Osvaldo Rivas1958

Pinned at 1936 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Francisco Canaro recordings indexed 1915–1973 · gold: With Maida, 1933–1938

Silueta porteña · Francisco Canaro · 1936 was sung by Roberto Maida.† Silueta porteña · Francisco Canaro · 1936 is a milonga.† Silueta porteña · Francisco Canaro · 1936 lasts 02:58.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

6 orchestras recorded it

172 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Nicolás Luis Cuccaro, Juan Ventura Cuccaro
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Francisco Canaro’s 1936 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 6 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1936 to 1970.
1930’40’50’60’70
Recordings of Silueta porteña · Francisco Canaro · 1936 by year, taller the more they are danced · 6 of 6 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 8 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Francisco Canaro, 1936, with 75% of the 172 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  1. Francisco CanaroMost dancedSilueta porteñaFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidamilongaOdeon
    129 dances · 75%
    1936
  2. Juan D'ArienzoEarliest we holdSilueta porteñaJuan D'ArienzoWalter CabralmilongaRCA Victor
    36 dances · 21%
    1936
  3. Héctor VarelaSilueta porteñaHéctor VarelaArgentino Ledesmamilonga
    6 dances · 3%
    1956
  4. Osvaldo PuglieseSilueta porteñaOsvaldo PuglieseMiguel Montero, Jorge MacielmilongaOdeon
    1 dance · <1%
    1956
  5. Héctor D'EspositoSilueta porteñaHéctor D'EspositoAlberto Carriego, Osvaldo RivasmilongaMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1958
  6. Donato RacciattiSilueta porteñaDonato Racciattimilonga
    No match yet
    1970
  7. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue1958
  8. Domingo RulioNot in our catalogue1960
  9. Los siete del tangoNot in our catalogueGloria Vélez, Lalo Martel · Mar 171967
  10. Alberto CastilloNot in our catalogue
  11. Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogueArgentino Ledesma
  12. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue
  13. Reinhard LangnickelNot in our catalogueFeline Lang
  14. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Francisco Canaro

Silueta porteñaFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidamilongaOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 137 Performances

Jonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 2015Tiflis Tango Festival · 2019 · 3:36

Recorded the same day

What else Francisco Canaro recorded on Jul 17, 1936.

  1. Todo corazónFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon

Danced to it

Music from 1936 · danced on film 2007–2025

20072025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 3, 2008: 3, 2009: 6, 2010: 11, 2011: 10, 2012: 10, 2013: 5, 2014: 2, 2015: 3, 2016: 3, 2017: 6, 2018: 16, 2019: 6, 2021: 3, 2022: 1, 2023: 5, 2024: 6, 2025: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sGabriel Missé & Natalia Hills2008
  2. The 2010sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónTiflis Tango Festival · 2019
  3. The 2020sGustavo Rosas2025

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

3 of 5 complete sets on film

  1. Adrian Ferreyra and Dulce Lauria

    2023 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1El Tigre MillánJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
    2. 2Sin rumbo fijoTípica Victor, 1938
    3. 3Silueta porteñaFrancisco Canaro, 1936
    4. 4El pañuelitoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1959
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Katy Simonova and Stanislav Fursov

    SULTANS OF ISTANBUL · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Qué importaJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    2. 2Duelo criolloCarlos Di Sarli, 1946
    3. 3Silueta porteñaFrancisco Canaro, 1936
    4. 4El adiósOsvaldo Pugliese, 1963
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Alejandro Hermida and Nayla Vacca

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Silueta porteñaFrancisco Canaro, 1936
    2. 2El PollitoCarlos Di Sarli, 1947
    3. 3El CaburéCarlos Di Sarli, 1951
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1Viejo portónRodolfo Biagi, 1938 · danced together in 3 Performances
  2. 2MandriaJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 2 Performances
  3. 3PacienciaJuan D'Arienzo, 1970 · danced together in 2 Performances
  4. 4El Tigre MillánJuan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 2 Performances
  5. 5El fleteJuan D'Arienzo, 1936 · danced together in 2 Performances
  6. 6Indio mansoCarlos Di Sarli, 1958 · danced together in 2 Performances
  7. 7DerrotadoCarlos Di Sarli, 1956 · danced together in 2 Performances
  8. 8EmancipaciónOsvaldo Pugliese, 1955 · danced together in 2 Performances
  9. 9El adiósOsvaldo Pugliese, 1963 · danced together in 2 Performances
  10. 10Balada para un locoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1970 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues15

tango.info · 02480002031017-1-12

tango.info · 02480002040859-1-9

tango.info · 08427328149020-4-25

tango.info · 02480002010517-1-5

tango.info · 02480002028352-1-3

tango.info · 05099964049120-4-11

tango.info · 08427328130301-1-3

tango.info · 08427328133036-1-23

tango.info · 08427328134064-1-9

tango.info · 08427328140010-2-14

tango.info · 02480002125723-1-20

tango.info · 02480002152521-1-12

tango.info · 02480002152866-1-5

tango.info · 04024236200368-1-10

tango.info · 05099923539327-1-13

Singers1

Sung by Roberto Maida

Is a1

Is a milonga

Duration1

Duration 02:58

Audio feature14

Audio feature 117.5

Audio feature 0.92

Audio feature B

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.743

Audio feature -23.2

Audio feature 0.489

Audio feature 0.346

Audio feature 0.214

Audio feature 0.003

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.783

Audio feature 121.9

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. Silueta porteñaJuan D'ArienzoWalter Cabral

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